700 for Muralitharan as Lanka crush Bangla

It is likely Muralitharan will break Warne’s record of 708 wickets when he tours Australia with Sri Lanka in November. “The possibilities of the record falling there is high, but it all depends on how I bowl. But more than personal milestone well be focusing on winning the Test series in Australia,” Muralitharan said.

Muralitharan finished with 12 wickets for the Test, and 26 for the series, winning Player of the Series status.

Bangladesh performed well in the opening session on Saturday to be 106-2 at lunch, but collapsed to lose their last eight wickets for just 53 runs to be all out for 176, with the match over before tea. Sri Lanka’s winning margin was an innings and 193 runs.

SCOREBOARD

Bangladesh (1st Innings) 131 all out

Sri Lanka (1st Innings, overnight: 500 for four): M van Dort b Rasel 43, U Tharanga lbw b Rasel 12, K Sangakkara not out 222, M Jayawardene c Ashraful b Rasel 165, C Silva run out 25, T Dilshan not out 17; Extras: (4b,2lb,8nb,2w) 16; Total: (for 4 wkts decl, 107 overs) 500

Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-74, 3-385, 4-445

Bowling: Mortaza 24-2-125-0, Rasel 31-1-104-3, Hossain 16-1-71-0, Rafique 14-1-72-0, Ashraful 12-0-74-0, Imran 10-0-48-0

Bangladesh (2nd Innings): J Omar c Sangakkara b Malinga 22, Shahriar Nafees c M. Jayawardene b Muralitharan 64, H Bashar b Muralitharan 15, M Ashraful lbw b Muralitharan 19, M Rahim c Tharanga b de Silva 1, T Imran c M. Jayawardene b Malinga 17, R Saleh c M. Jayawardene b de Silva 0, M Mortaza c sub (Warnapura) b Muralitharan 8, M Rafique not out 0, S Hossain b Muralitharan 5, S Rasel c Farveez Maharoof b Muralitharan 4; Extras: (nb13,w3,b4,lb1) 21; Total : (all out, 59 overs) 176

Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-98, 3-123, 4-138, 5-138, 6-142, 7-166, 8-167, 9-172, 10-176

Bowling: Malinga 10-0-46-2, de Silva 12-4-34-2, Maharoof 16-7-37-0, Muralitharan 21-5-54-6.